SARASOTA COUNTY — Attorneys for Michael W. Rice, the South Carolina man found guilty of murdering Phillipe Nahon at an Osprey hotel in 2012, have filed an appeal with the 2nd District Appellate Court, hoping to have the conviction overturned.

Assistant Public Defender Jerome Meisner could not be reached for comment Thursday, but Meisner previously argued that Rice suffered from a prolonged mental breakdown, which led to Nahon’s shooting death.

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